The 2ndU.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge did not abuse her discretion in rejecting Apple's bid to disqualify Michael Bromwich as monitor. Bromwich, a lawyer, was installed in October 2013 by U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote, three months after she found Apple had played a "central role" in a conspiracy with publishers to raise e-book prices, the subject of litigation brought by the U.S. government and more than 30 U.S. states. Apple has since repeatedly sought Bromwich's ouster. It has accused him of collaborating improperly with the plaintiffs, being too aggressive in examining its business practices and demanding interviews with executives, and charging excessive fees that began at $1,100 an hour before being reduced. Writing for the appeals court, Circuit JudgeDennis Jacobs said some of Apple's allegations against Bromwich "give pause," particularly one instance in which Bromwich worked with the plaintiffs in opposing a court motion filed by Apple and submitted an affidavit in support. But he said that on the record, "we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion" in finding that this did not require Bromwich's disqualification.
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In this Thought Leaders in Health Law® video, E. John Steren, Patricia M. Wagner, and Colin G. McCulloch, attorneys in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, examine the evolution of antitrust issues in the health care industry and discuss what to keep top of mind in the current environment.
This video looks at the following:
* Changes in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement over time
* The impact that current enforcement trends have had on the health care industry
* When health care companies should consider antitrust issues
* Areas to monitor as antitrust enforcement continues to evolve
Epstein Becker Green assists clients in developing compliance strategies and minimizing antitrust exposure. Learn more about Epstein Becker Green’s capabilities in antitrust counseling and defense: http://www.ebglaw.com/antitrust-counseling-and-defense/
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The Thought Leaders in Health Law® video series tracks the latest trends in multiple areas of the health care and life sciences industries, featuring attorneys and advisors from Epstein Becker Green and EBG Advisors.
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published:06 Sep 2017

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A federal appeals panel has refused to disqualify a court-appointed monitor after a judge found Apple colluded with book publishers in 2010 to raise electronic book prices. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled against Apple Inc. The three-judge panel concluded that a judge did not act improperly when she declined Apple's request to disqualify a monitor she had appointed to evaluate Apple's antitrust policies. After a 2013 civil trial, a judge ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing.
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published:28 May 2015

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been dominated by Amazon.com, a divided federal appeals court panel said Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that a lower-court judge correctly found Apple Inc. violated the law to upset Amazon.com Inc.'s control of the market. The appeals court also agreed that U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote was right in 2013 to order injunctive relief to ensure the Cupertino, California-based company didn't commit additional violations of antitrust laws. In a statement, Apple said the ruling did nothing to change the fact that it did not conspire to fix e-book pricing. "We are disappointed the court does not recognize the innovation and choice the iBooks Store brought for consumers," it said. "While we want to put this behind us, the case is about principles and values. We know we did nothing wrong back in 2010 and are assessing next steps." Cote had ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing and appointed a monitor to review the company's antitrust policies. The appeals court last month upheld the appointment of the monitor. In a majority opinion written by JudgeDebra Ann Livingston, the 2nd Circuit said Cote's finding that Apple orchestrated a conspiracy among publishers to raise electronic book prices was "amply supported and well-reasoned" and that her remedy was "lawful and consistent with preventing future anticompetitive harms." In a dissent, Judge Dennis Jacobs defended as "eminently reasonable" the actions Apple took as it fought to raise the price of e-books when Seattle-based Amazon controlled 90 percent of the market while selling the most popular books online for .99. Afterward, its share of the market dropped to about 60 percent. He said it was a mistake by Cote and his fellow appeals judges to assume "competition should be genteel, lawyer-designed, and fair under sporting rules, and that antitrust law is offended by gloves-off competition." "Apple took steps to compete with a monopolist and open the market to more entrants, generating only minor competitive restraints in the process," Jacobs wrote. In the majority opinion, though, Livingston said it was "startling" that Jacobs would agree Apple intentionally organized a conspiracy among publishers to raise e-book prices and then say the company was entitled to do so because the conspiracy helped it become an e-book retailer. Joining the majority, Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. agreed with much of what Livingston wrote, though he noted that the publishers may be more culpable than Apple after using the company as "powerful leverage against Amazon and to keep each other in collusive check." And he said there was "surface appeal" to Apple's argument that the e-book market needed more competition. "But more corporate bullying is not an appropriate antidote to corporate bullying," he wrote. The U.S.Justice Department and 33 states and territories originally sued Apple and five publishers. The publishers all settled and signed consent decrees prohibiting them from restricting e-book retailers' ability to set prices. Two publishers joined Apple's appeal. In settlements with lawsuits brought by individual states, Apple has agreed to pay 00 million to be distributed to consumers and 0 million for attorney fees and payments to states, though it will pay nothing if it ultimately wins on appeal. Lawyers for the states say the 00 million combined with 66 million already turned over by publishers represent double the maximum amount consumers lost in the conspiracy. In a release, Assistant Attorney GeneralBill Baer of the Justice Department's AntitrustDivision said the government was gratified with the ruling. "The decision confirms that it is unlawful for a company to knowingly participate in a price-fixing conspiracy, whatever its specific role in the conspiracy or reason for joining it. Because Apple and the defendant publishers sought to eliminate price competition in the sale of e-books, consumers were forced to pay higher prices for many e-book titles," he said. 2015The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Follow us on Twitter @Local12 and LIKE us on Facebook for updates

published:01 Jul 2015

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Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.
Magrethe Vestager, the European Commission has made clear that the agency will monitor the activity of the tech giants in collecting data, which could lead to a violation of antitrust laws. This agency does not open no investigation into the matter, but Vestager made it clear that they are very attentive to a possible abuse of that philosophy that Big Data is presented as crucial tool for large companies to provide certain more personalized services to its users.
"If only a few companies control the data necessary to satisfy customers and reduce costs, this could give them the power to drive rivals out of the market," explained the Commissioner for the DLDConference in Munich. It would be in those cases in which the EU would take action to prevent an abuse of power. The company takes time investigating Google for potential monopoly practices and raised its monitoring and Amazon and Netflix as part of their work against abusive practices...
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published:19 Jan 2016

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Prof. Lynne Kiesling discusses the history of regulating electricity monopolies in America. Conventionally, most people view regulation of monopoly, such as the Sherman Antitrust Act, as one of government's core responsibilities. Kiesling challenges this notion, and finds that government regulation of monopoly actually stifles innovation and hurts consumers.
The American electricity industry was booming in the 1890s, with several small firms competing against one another. Over time, Kiesling argues that the fixed costs began to escalate, increasing the cost of entry into the industry. Put another way, large competitors gained a significant competitive edge over smaller competitors through economies of scale. Eventually, in places like New York and Chicago, Kiesling claims that the competitive process led to one large firm.
These monopolies were feared by the public, and led to demands for government regulation. The electricity industry, knowing that regulation was coming, used these demands for regulation as cover to construct legal barriers to entry. Ultimately, the regulations passed by the government reduced competition by granting legal monopoly privileges to powerful firms within a certain geographical territory.
In modern times, we are seeing the real cost of these old one-size-fits-all regulations:
1) People aren't adjusting their energy consumption behaviors. For instance, in peak hours, technological solutions that could smooth electricity consumption are being ignored.
2) The electricity industry doesn't evolve and account for new types of renewable energy.
3) Innovations have been discouraged.
If these archaic regulations were removed, innovations and improvements beneficial to consumers would flourish.
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published:10 Feb 2012

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In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepreneurs and politics, and keeping markets open and competitive; while also talking about uniform rules for businesses in Europe.

After installing the WindowsAnniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games and apps from the Microsoft Store without your consent or knowledge, eating up your bandwidth and hard drive space and potentially putting you at risk. I am calling Microsoft out in this video for this bad practice and also telling you how to disable it so it won't continue to happen. I also tell you how to fortify your Windows 10 to prevent telemetry and data gathering moving forward by Microsoft.
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published:22 Nov 2016

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The technology industry faces an array of fast-moving challenges and opportunities – from the rise of big data and the need for ever-more vigilant data security to the high-profile M&A deals that help fuel innovation. Today, tech companies must navigate an increasingly complex marketplace under intense scrutiny.
Listen as Antitrust partner HollyHouse discusses some of the antitrust challenges that technology companies are facing.
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published:09 Dec 2014

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The EU’s competition supervisor is discussing the outcome of market feedback with Russian gas supplier Gazprom following “critical” comments from some firms, EU CommissionerMargrethe Vestager said on Wednesday.
“From that market test we got a very broad response, a very nuanced response and but also to some degree a critical response,” Vestager told a news conference in Brussels.
“On the basis of that, we are back with Gazprom to address some of the things that were commented in a critical way in the market test,” she added.
The European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the supervisor said in October.

published:21 Feb 2018

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BlackBerry Mobility Monitoring & Management, powered by ISEC7 is for IT Admins who need to know the performance level of their infrastructure systems and performance issues before their users are affected. This solution delivers over 750 metrics to get a holistic view into the entire mobile infrastructure, and performs ongoing real-time system health checks, as well as notifies EMM admins of critical system status.

Competition law

Competition law is a law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement.

The history of competition law reaches back to the Roman Empire. The business practices of market traders, guilds and governments have always been subject to scrutiny, and sometimes severe sanctions. Since the 20th century, competition law has become global. The two largest and most influential systems of competition regulation are United States antitrust law and European Union competition law. National and regional competition authorities across the world have formed international support and enforcement networks.

Windows 10

Windows 10 is a personal computeroperating system released by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was officially unveiled in September 2014 following a brief demo at Build 2014. The first version of the operating system entered a public beta testing process in October 2014, leading up to its consumer release on July 29, 2015, and its release to volume licensing on August 1, 2015. To encourage the adoption of Windows10, Microsoft announced that during its first year of availability, upgrades to the operating system would be made available free of charge to users of genuine copies of eligible editions of Windows 7, and Windows 8 after update to Windows 8.1.

Windows10 introduces what Microsoft described as a "universal" application architecture; expanding on Metro-style apps, these apps can be designed to run across multiple Microsoft product families with nearly identical code‍—‌including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. The Windows user interface was revised to handle transitions between a mouse-oriented interface and a touchscreen-optimized interface based on available input devices‍—‌particularly on 2-in-1 PCs; both interfaces include an updated Start menu that blends elements of Windows 7's traditional Start menu with the tiles of Windows 8. The first release of Windows 10 also introduces a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edgeweb browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Apple Loses Bid to Disqualify Antitrust Monitor

The 2ndU.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge did not abuse her discretion in rejecting Apple's bid to disqualify Michael Bromwich as monitor. Bromwich, a lawyer, was installed in October 2013 by U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote, three months after she found Apple had played a "central role" in a conspiracy with publishers to raise e-book prices, the subject of litigation brought by the U.S. government and more than 30 U.S. states. Apple has since repeatedly sought Bromwich's ouster. It has accused him of collaborating improperly with the plaintiffs, being too aggressive in examining its business practices and demanding interviews with executives, and charging excessive fees that began at $1,100 an hour before being reduced. Writing for the appeals court, Circuit JudgeDennis Jacobs said some of Apple's allegations against Bromwich "give pause," particularly one instance in which Bromwich worked with the plaintiffs in opposing a court motion filed by Apple and submitted an affidavit in support. But he said that on the record, "we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion" in finding that this did not require Bromwich's disqualification.
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Trends in Antitrust: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

Trends in Antitrust: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

Trends in Antitrust: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

In this Thought Leaders in Health Law® video, E. John Steren, Patricia M. Wagner, and Colin G. McCulloch, attorneys in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, examine the evolution of antitrust issues in the health care industry and discuss what to keep top of mind in the current environment.
This video looks at the following:
* Changes in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement over time
* The impact that current enforcement trends have had on the health care industry
* When health care companies should consider antitrust issues
* Areas to monitor as antitrust enforcement continues to evolve
Epstein Becker Green assists clients in developing compliance strategies and minimizing antitrust exposure. Learn more about Epstein Becker Green’s capabilities in antitrust counseling and defense: http://www.ebglaw.com/antitrust-counseling-and-defense/
http://www.ebglaw.com/news/trends-in-antitrust-thought-leaders-in-health-law-video-series/
The Thought Leaders in Health Law® video series tracks the latest trends in multiple areas of the health care and life sciences industries, featuring attorneys and advisors from Epstein Becker Green and EBG Advisors.
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0:48

Appeals Court: Apple Must Submit to Imposition of Monitor

Appeals Court: Apple Must Submit to Imposition of Monitor

Appeals Court: Apple Must Submit to Imposition of Monitor

A federal appeals panel has refused to disqualify a court-appointed monitor after a judge found Apple colluded with book publishers in 2010 to raise electronic book prices. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled against Apple Inc. The three-judge panel concluded that a judge did not act improperly when she declined Apple's request to disqualify a monitor she had appointed to evaluate Apple's antitrust policies. After a 2013 civil trial, a judge ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing.
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0:30

US court agrees Apple violated antitrust law in E-book entry

US court agrees Apple violated antitrust law in E-book entry

US court agrees Apple violated antitrust law in E-book entry

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been dominated by Amazon.com, a divided federal appeals court panel said Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that a lower-court judge correctly found Apple Inc. violated the law to upset Amazon.com Inc.'s control of the market. The appeals court also agreed that U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote was right in 2013 to order injunctive relief to ensure the Cupertino, California-based company didn't commit additional violations of antitrust laws. In a statement, Apple said the ruling did nothing to change the fact that it did not conspire to fix e-book pricing. "We are disappointed the court does not recognize the innovation and choice the iBooks Store brought for consumers," it said. "While we want to put this behind us, the case is about principles and values. We know we did nothing wrong back in 2010 and are assessing next steps." Cote had ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing and appointed a monitor to review the company's antitrust policies. The appeals court last month upheld the appointment of the monitor. In a majority opinion written by JudgeDebra Ann Livingston, the 2nd Circuit said Cote's finding that Apple orchestrated a conspiracy among publishers to raise electronic book prices was "amply supported and well-reasoned" and that her remedy was "lawful and consistent with preventing future anticompetitive harms." In a dissent, Judge Dennis Jacobs defended as "eminently reasonable" the actions Apple took as it fought to raise the price of e-books when Seattle-based Amazon controlled 90 percent of the market while selling the most popular books online for .99. Afterward, its share of the market dropped to about 60 percent. He said it was a mistake by Cote and his fellow appeals judges to assume "competition should be genteel, lawyer-designed, and fair under sporting rules, and that antitrust law is offended by gloves-off competition." "Apple took steps to compete with a monopolist and open the market to more entrants, generating only minor competitive restraints in the process," Jacobs wrote. In the majority opinion, though, Livingston said it was "startling" that Jacobs would agree Apple intentionally organized a conspiracy among publishers to raise e-book prices and then say the company was entitled to do so because the conspiracy helped it become an e-book retailer. Joining the majority, Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. agreed with much of what Livingston wrote, though he noted that the publishers may be more culpable than Apple after using the company as "powerful leverage against Amazon and to keep each other in collusive check." And he said there was "surface appeal" to Apple's argument that the e-book market needed more competition. "But more corporate bullying is not an appropriate antidote to corporate bullying," he wrote. The U.S.Justice Department and 33 states and territories originally sued Apple and five publishers. The publishers all settled and signed consent decrees prohibiting them from restricting e-book retailers' ability to set prices. Two publishers joined Apple's appeal. In settlements with lawsuits brought by individual states, Apple has agreed to pay 00 million to be distributed to consumers and 0 million for attorney fees and payments to states, though it will pay nothing if it ultimately wins on appeal. Lawyers for the states say the 00 million combined with 66 million already turned over by publishers represent double the maximum amount consumers lost in the conspiracy. In a release, Assistant Attorney GeneralBill Baer of the Justice Department's AntitrustDivision said the government was gratified with the ruling. "The decision confirms that it is unlawful for a company to knowingly participate in a price-fixing conspiracy, whatever its specific role in the conspiracy or reason for joining it. Because Apple and the defendant publishers sought to eliminate price competition in the sale of e-books, consumers were forced to pay higher prices for many e-book titles," he said. 2015The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Follow us on Twitter @Local12 and LIKE us on Facebook for updates

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Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.
Magrethe Vestager, the European Commission has made clear that the agency will monitor the activity of the tech giants in collecting data, which could lead to a violation of antitrust laws. This agency does not open no investigation into the matter, but Vestager made it clear that they are very attentive to a possible abuse of that philosophy that Big Data is presented as crucial tool for large companies to provide certain more personalized services to its users.
"If only a few companies control the data necessary to satisfy customers and reduce costs, this could give them the power to drive rivals out of the market," explained the Commissioner for the DLDConference in Munich. It would be in those cases in which the EU would take action to prevent an abuse of power. The company takes time investigating Google for potential monopoly practices and raised its monitoring and Amazon and Netflix as part of their work against abusive practices...
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8:00

Regulating Monopolies: A History of Electricity Regulation - Learn Liberty

Regulating Monopolies: A History of Electricity Regulation - Learn Liberty

Regulating Monopolies: A History of Electricity Regulation - Learn Liberty

Prof. Lynne Kiesling discusses the history of regulating electricity monopolies in America. Conventionally, most people view regulation of monopoly, such as the Sherman Antitrust Act, as one of government's core responsibilities. Kiesling challenges this notion, and finds that government regulation of monopoly actually stifles innovation and hurts consumers.
The American electricity industry was booming in the 1890s, with several small firms competing against one another. Over time, Kiesling argues that the fixed costs began to escalate, increasing the cost of entry into the industry. Put another way, large competitors gained a significant competitive edge over smaller competitors through economies of scale. Eventually, in places like New York and Chicago, Kiesling claims that the competitive process led to one large firm.
These monopolies were feared by the public, and led to demands for government regulation. The electricity industry, knowing that regulation was coming, used these demands for regulation as cover to construct legal barriers to entry. Ultimately, the regulations passed by the government reduced competition by granting legal monopoly privileges to powerful firms within a certain geographical territory.
In modern times, we are seeing the real cost of these old one-size-fits-all regulations:
1) People aren't adjusting their energy consumption behaviors. For instance, in peak hours, technological solutions that could smooth electricity consumption are being ignored.
2) The electricity industry doesn't evolve and account for new types of renewable energy.
3) Innovations have been discouraged.
If these archaic regulations were removed, innovations and improvements beneficial to consumers would flourish.
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Stop Microsoft Windows 10 Spying & Forced Application Installs. How to Take Back Control of Your PC.

Stop Microsoft Windows 10 Spying & Forced Application Installs. How to Take Back Control of Your PC.

Stop Microsoft Windows 10 Spying & Forced Application Installs. How to Take Back Control of Your PC.

After installing the WindowsAnniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games and apps from the Microsoft Store without your consent or knowledge, eating up your bandwidth and hard drive space and potentially putting you at risk. I am calling Microsoft out in this video for this bad practice and also telling you how to disable it so it won't continue to happen. I also tell you how to fortify your Windows 10 to prevent telemetry and data gathering moving forward by Microsoft.
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What are the antitrust challenges that technology companies face?

What are the antitrust challenges that technology companies face?

What are the antitrust challenges that technology companies face?

The technology industry faces an array of fast-moving challenges and opportunities – from the rise of big data and the need for ever-more vigilant data security to the high-profile M&A deals that help fuel innovation. Today, tech companies must navigate an increasingly complex marketplace under intense scrutiny.
Listen as Antitrust partner HollyHouse discusses some of the antitrust challenges that technology companies are facing.
More: http://www.paulhastings.com/area/technology/whats-next-for-the-tech-industry

1:21

Gazprom: EU's Vestager says in talks with Gazprom over market test

Gazprom: EU's Vestager says in talks with Gazprom over market test

Gazprom: EU's Vestager says in talks with Gazprom over market test

The EU’s competition supervisor is discussing the outcome of market feedback with Russian gas supplier Gazprom following “critical” comments from some firms, EU CommissionerMargrethe Vestager said on Wednesday.
“From that market test we got a very broad response, a very nuanced response and but also to some degree a critical response,” Vestager told a news conference in Brussels.
“On the basis of that, we are back with Gazprom to address some of the things that were commented in a critical way in the market test,” she added.
The European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the supervisor said in October.

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1:29:44

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Date: December 10, 2008
NGO Monitor's Annual Conference in conjunction with Bar-Ilan and Global Law Forum (JCPA)
"60 Years Since the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention: Evaluating the Record"
Roundtable discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime (includes introductions by each speaker and a Q&A discussion period at the end of the presentations)
Speakers:
Mrs.Jessica Montell (B'Tselem)
Mrs. Montell discusses the role that B'Tselem has played in terms of Israel advocacy, but also in investigating Israel's human rights abuses. In particular, the separation barrier and the policy of punitive house demolitions which was revoked in 2005, due to its lack of effectiveness, which actually increased negative sentiments towards Israel. Also, it became a security liability and hurt Israel's international reputation.
Mr. Daniel Taub (Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Mr. Taub discusses Israel's human rights record and the different standards that exist towards Israel because it is a democratic, open society with free press. He argues that there is an important human rights dialogue that is occurring that we need to be a part of, but in a less hostile environment, with less biases.
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood (Johns Hopkins University)
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood who was elected as the United States representative at the United Nations Human Rights Committee discusses the inner workings of the committee and the biases and different standards that exist. As well as the difficulties that exist for enforcing the resolutions and standards created.
Prof. Irwin Cotler (MP Canada)
Prof. Cotler discusses the danger of state-sanctioned incitement to genocide, particularly the recent petition of the "danger of the genocidal and nuclear Iran". This identifies seven indicators of Iran's incitement to genocide and calls upon state parties to the Genocide Convention to act. He argues that the world's focus on the nuclear dimension has led to the ignorance of the genocidal dimension to Iran. Prof. Cotler also discusses how Israel is not receiving equality before international law.
Adv. Irit Kohn (Deputy President, InternationalJewishLawyers and Jurist Organization)
Adv. Kohn discusses the different standards that Israel is held to than the rest of the world in terms of public opinion and international law.

55:55

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers. A second danger is behavioral discrimination. Here, companies track and profile consumers to get them to buy goods at the highest price they are willing to pay. The rise of super-platforms and their “frenemy” relationship with independent app developers raises a third danger. By controlling key platforms (such as the operating system of smartphones), data-driven monopolies dictate the flow of personal data and determine who gets to exploit potential buyers.
VirtualCompetition raises timely questions. To what extent does the “invisible hand” still hold sway? In markets continually manipulated by bots and algorithms, is competitive pricing an illusion? Can our current laws protect consumers? The changing market reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being.
About Maurice
Professor Stucke brought 13 years of litigation experience when he joined the UT College of Law faculty in 2007. As a trial attorney at the U.S.Department of Justice, AntitrustDivision, he successfully challenged anticompetitive mergers and restraints in numerous industries, and focused on policy issues involving antitrust and the media. As a SpecialAssistantU.S. Attorney, he prosecuted a variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses, including running a weekly docket before the HonorableThomas Rawles Jones, Jr. As an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, Professor Stucke assisted in defending Goldman Sachs, CS First Boston, and Microsoft in civil antitrust litigation. The Legal Aid Society presented him two awards for his criminal appellate and defense work.
Since coming to UT, Professor Stucke has been a prolific legal scholar. His scholarship re-examines much of the conventional wisdom in competition policy in light of the empirical findings from behavioral economics and psychology. In re-evaluating the goals and assumptions of competition law, he seeks to provide policymakers with a more empirical approach to competition policy. Professor Stucke’s scholarship, which has been cited by the U.S. federal courts, the OECD, the United Nations, competition agencies and policymakers, is already impacting competition policy. He was invited by the OECD and competition authorities from the European Union, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United States, and United Kingdom to discuss his research, and has been invited to present his research at over 60 conferences in Australia, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.
Professor Stucke serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Antitrust Institute, an independent Washington, D.C.-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization devoted to competition policy. Professor Stucke chaired a committee on the media industry that drafted a transition report for the incoming Obama administration. In 2009, Professor Stucke was elected as a member to the AcademicSociety for Competition Law, appointed to the advisory board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and was asked to serve as one of the United States’ non-governmental advisors to the International Competition Network, the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement and whose members represent national and multinational governmental competition authorities in over 100 jurisdictions.
He has co-authored two books, Big Data and Competition Policy (Oxford University Press 2016) and Virtual Competition (Harvard University Press 2016), which has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, New York Review of Books, Harvard Business Review, and Wired.
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Apple Loses Bid to Disqualify Antitrust Monitor

The 2ndU.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge did not abuse her discretion in rejecting Apple's bid to disqualify Michael Bromwich as monitor. Bromwich, a lawyer, was installed in October 2013 by U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote, three months after she found Apple had played a "central role" in a conspiracy with publishers to raise e-book prices, the subject of litigation brought by the U.S. government and more than 30 U.S. states. Apple has since repeatedly sought Bromwich's ouster. It has accused him of collaborating improperly with the plaintiffs, being too aggressive in examining its business practices and demanding interviews with executives, and charging excessive fees that began at $1,100 an hour before being reduced. Writing for the appeals court, Circui...

published: 28 May 2015

Trends in Antitrust: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

In this Thought Leaders in Health Law® video, E. John Steren, Patricia M. Wagner, and Colin G. McCulloch, attorneys in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, examine the evolution of antitrust issues in the health care industry and discuss what to keep top of mind in the current environment.
This video looks at the following:
* Changes in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement over time
* The impact that current enforcement trends have had on the health care industry
* When health care companies should consider antitrust issues
* Areas to monitor as antitrust enforcement continues to evolve
Epstein Becker Green assists clients in developing compliance strategies and minimizing antitrust exposure. Learn more about Epstein Becker Green’s capabilities in antitrust counseling and de...

published: 06 Sep 2017

Appeals Court: Apple Must Submit to Imposition of Monitor

A federal appeals panel has refused to disqualify a court-appointed monitor after a judge found Apple colluded with book publishers in 2010 to raise electronic book prices. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled against Apple Inc. The three-judge panel concluded that a judge did not act improperly when she declined Apple's request to disqualify a monitor she had appointed to evaluate Apple's antitrust policies. After a 2013 civil trial, a judge ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing.
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2015-05-28-US--Electronic%20Books-Antitrust%20Lawsuit/id-caa19486046249489a6f5a5ccaae6fcb
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published: 28 May 2015

US court agrees Apple violated antitrust law in E-book entry

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been dominated by Amazon.com, a divided federal appeals court panel said Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that a lower-court judge correctly found Apple Inc. violated the law to upset Amazon.com Inc.'s control of the market. The appeals court also agreed that U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote was right in 2013 to order injunctive relief to ensure the Cupertino, California-based company didn't commit additional violations of antitrust laws. In a statement, Apple said the ruling did nothing to change the fact that it did not conspire to fix e-book pricing. "We are disappointed the cou...

published: 01 Jul 2015

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.
Magrethe Vestager, the European Commission has made clear that the agency will monitor the activity of the tech giants in collecting data, which could lead to a violation of antitrust laws. This agency does not open no investigation into the matter, but Vestager made it clear that they are very attentive to a possible abuse of that philosophy that Big Data is presented as crucial tool for large companies to provide certain more personalized services to its users.
"If only a few companies control the data necessary to satisfy customers and reduce costs, this could give them the power to drive rivals out of the market," explained the Commissioner for the DLDConference in Munich. It would be in those cas...

published: 19 Jan 2016

Regulating Monopolies: A History of Electricity Regulation - Learn Liberty

Prof. Lynne Kiesling discusses the history of regulating electricity monopolies in America. Conventionally, most people view regulation of monopoly, such as the Sherman Antitrust Act, as one of government's core responsibilities. Kiesling challenges this notion, and finds that government regulation of monopoly actually stifles innovation and hurts consumers.
The American electricity industry was booming in the 1890s, with several small firms competing against one another. Over time, Kiesling argues that the fixed costs began to escalate, increasing the cost of entry into the industry. Put another way, large competitors gained a significant competitive edge over smaller competitors through economies of scale. Eventually, in places like New York and Chicago, Kiesling claims that the compet...

In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepreneurs and politics, and keeping markets open and competitive; while also talking about uniform rules for businesses in Europe.

Stop Microsoft Windows 10 Spying & Forced Application Installs. How to Take Back Control of Your PC.

After installing the WindowsAnniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games and apps from the Microsoft Store without your consent or knowledge, eating up your bandwidth and hard drive space and potentially putting you at risk. I am calling Microsoft out in this video for this bad practice and also telling you how to disable it so it won't continue to happen. I also tell you how to fortify your Windows 10 to prevent telemetry and data gathering moving forward by Microsoft.
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published: 22 Nov 2016

What are the antitrust challenges that technology companies face?

The technology industry faces an array of fast-moving challenges and opportunities – from the rise of big data and the need for ever-more vigilant data security to the high-profile M&A deals that help fuel innovation. Today, tech companies must navigate an increasingly complex marketplace under intense scrutiny.
Listen as Antitrust partner HollyHouse discusses some of the antitrust challenges that technology companies are facing.
More: http://www.paulhastings.com/area/technology/whats-next-for-the-tech-industry

published: 09 Dec 2014

Gazprom: EU's Vestager says in talks with Gazprom over market test

The EU’s competition supervisor is discussing the outcome of market feedback with Russian gas supplier Gazprom following “critical” comments from some firms, EU CommissionerMargrethe Vestager said on Wednesday.
“From that market test we got a very broad response, a very nuanced response and but also to some degree a critical response,” Vestager told a news conference in Brussels.
“On the basis of that, we are back with Gazprom to address some of the things that were commented in a critical way in the market test,” she added.
The European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the supervisor said in October.

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published: 22 Jun 2015

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers....

The 2ndU.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge did not abuse her discretion in rejecting Apple's bid to disqualify Michael Bromwich as monitor. Bromwich, a lawyer, was installed in October 2013 by U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote, three months after she found Apple had played a "central role" in a conspiracy with publishers to raise e-book prices, the subject of litigation brought by the U.S. government and more than 30 U.S. states. Apple has since repeatedly sought Bromwich's ouster. It has accused him of collaborating improperly with the plaintiffs, being too aggressive in examining its business practices and demanding interviews with executives, and charging excessive fees that began at $1,100 an hour before being reduced. Writing for the appeals court, Circuit JudgeDennis Jacobs said some of Apple's allegations against Bromwich "give pause," particularly one instance in which Bromwich worked with the plaintiffs in opposing a court motion filed by Apple and submitted an affidavit in support. But he said that on the record, "we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion" in finding that this did not require Bromwich's disqualification.
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The 2ndU.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge did not abuse her discretion in rejecting Apple's bid to disqualify Michael Bromwich as monitor. Bromwich, a lawyer, was installed in October 2013 by U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote, three months after she found Apple had played a "central role" in a conspiracy with publishers to raise e-book prices, the subject of litigation brought by the U.S. government and more than 30 U.S. states. Apple has since repeatedly sought Bromwich's ouster. It has accused him of collaborating improperly with the plaintiffs, being too aggressive in examining its business practices and demanding interviews with executives, and charging excessive fees that began at $1,100 an hour before being reduced. Writing for the appeals court, Circuit JudgeDennis Jacobs said some of Apple's allegations against Bromwich "give pause," particularly one instance in which Bromwich worked with the plaintiffs in opposing a court motion filed by Apple and submitted an affidavit in support. But he said that on the record, "we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion" in finding that this did not require Bromwich's disqualification.
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In this Thought Leaders in Health Law® video, E. John Steren, Patricia M. Wagner, and Colin G. McCulloch, attorneys in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, examine the evolution of antitrust issues in the health care industry and discuss what to keep top of mind in the current environment.
This video looks at the following:
* Changes in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement over time
* The impact that current enforcement trends have had on the health care industry
* When health care companies should consider antitrust issues
* Areas to monitor as antitrust enforcement continues to evolve
Epstein Becker Green assists clients in developing compliance strategies and minimizing antitrust exposure. Learn more about Epstein Becker Green’s capabilities in antitrust counseling and defense: http://www.ebglaw.com/antitrust-counseling-and-defense/
http://www.ebglaw.com/news/trends-in-antitrust-thought-leaders-in-health-law-video-series/
The Thought Leaders in Health Law® video series tracks the latest trends in multiple areas of the health care and life sciences industries, featuring attorneys and advisors from Epstein Becker Green and EBG Advisors.
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In this Thought Leaders in Health Law® video, E. John Steren, Patricia M. Wagner, and Colin G. McCulloch, attorneys in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, examine the evolution of antitrust issues in the health care industry and discuss what to keep top of mind in the current environment.
This video looks at the following:
* Changes in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement over time
* The impact that current enforcement trends have had on the health care industry
* When health care companies should consider antitrust issues
* Areas to monitor as antitrust enforcement continues to evolve
Epstein Becker Green assists clients in developing compliance strategies and minimizing antitrust exposure. Learn more about Epstein Becker Green’s capabilities in antitrust counseling and defense: http://www.ebglaw.com/antitrust-counseling-and-defense/
http://www.ebglaw.com/news/trends-in-antitrust-thought-leaders-in-health-law-video-series/
The Thought Leaders in Health Law® video series tracks the latest trends in multiple areas of the health care and life sciences industries, featuring attorneys and advisors from Epstein Becker Green and EBG Advisors.
Visit http://www.ebglaw.com/thoughtleaders
These materials have been provided for informational purposes only and are not intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The content of these materials is copyrighted to Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. THOUGHT LEADERS IN HEALTHLAW® is a registered trademark of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING.

Appeals Court: Apple Must Submit to Imposition of Monitor

A federal appeals panel has refused to disqualify a court-appointed monitor after a judge found Apple colluded with book publishers in 2010 to raise electronic ...

A federal appeals panel has refused to disqualify a court-appointed monitor after a judge found Apple colluded with book publishers in 2010 to raise electronic book prices. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled against Apple Inc. The three-judge panel concluded that a judge did not act improperly when she declined Apple's request to disqualify a monitor she had appointed to evaluate Apple's antitrust policies. After a 2013 civil trial, a judge ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing.
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2015-05-28-US--Electronic%20Books-Antitrust%20Lawsuit/id-caa19486046249489a6f5a5ccaae6fcb
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A federal appeals panel has refused to disqualify a court-appointed monitor after a judge found Apple colluded with book publishers in 2010 to raise electronic book prices. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled against Apple Inc. The three-judge panel concluded that a judge did not act improperly when she declined Apple's request to disqualify a monitor she had appointed to evaluate Apple's antitrust policies. After a 2013 civil trial, a judge ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing.
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2015-05-28-US--Electronic%20Books-Antitrust%20Lawsuit/id-caa19486046249489a6f5a5ccaae6fcb
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US court agrees Apple violated antitrust law in E-book entry

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been domin...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been dominated by Amazon.com, a divided federal appeals court panel said Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that a lower-court judge correctly found Apple Inc. violated the law to upset Amazon.com Inc.'s control of the market. The appeals court also agreed that U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote was right in 2013 to order injunctive relief to ensure the Cupertino, California-based company didn't commit additional violations of antitrust laws. In a statement, Apple said the ruling did nothing to change the fact that it did not conspire to fix e-book pricing. "We are disappointed the court does not recognize the innovation and choice the iBooks Store brought for consumers," it said. "While we want to put this behind us, the case is about principles and values. We know we did nothing wrong back in 2010 and are assessing next steps." Cote had ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing and appointed a monitor to review the company's antitrust policies. The appeals court last month upheld the appointment of the monitor. In a majority opinion written by JudgeDebra Ann Livingston, the 2nd Circuit said Cote's finding that Apple orchestrated a conspiracy among publishers to raise electronic book prices was "amply supported and well-reasoned" and that her remedy was "lawful and consistent with preventing future anticompetitive harms." In a dissent, Judge Dennis Jacobs defended as "eminently reasonable" the actions Apple took as it fought to raise the price of e-books when Seattle-based Amazon controlled 90 percent of the market while selling the most popular books online for .99. Afterward, its share of the market dropped to about 60 percent. He said it was a mistake by Cote and his fellow appeals judges to assume "competition should be genteel, lawyer-designed, and fair under sporting rules, and that antitrust law is offended by gloves-off competition." "Apple took steps to compete with a monopolist and open the market to more entrants, generating only minor competitive restraints in the process," Jacobs wrote. In the majority opinion, though, Livingston said it was "startling" that Jacobs would agree Apple intentionally organized a conspiracy among publishers to raise e-book prices and then say the company was entitled to do so because the conspiracy helped it become an e-book retailer. Joining the majority, Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. agreed with much of what Livingston wrote, though he noted that the publishers may be more culpable than Apple after using the company as "powerful leverage against Amazon and to keep each other in collusive check." And he said there was "surface appeal" to Apple's argument that the e-book market needed more competition. "But more corporate bullying is not an appropriate antidote to corporate bullying," he wrote. The U.S.Justice Department and 33 states and territories originally sued Apple and five publishers. The publishers all settled and signed consent decrees prohibiting them from restricting e-book retailers' ability to set prices. Two publishers joined Apple's appeal. In settlements with lawsuits brought by individual states, Apple has agreed to pay 00 million to be distributed to consumers and 0 million for attorney fees and payments to states, though it will pay nothing if it ultimately wins on appeal. Lawyers for the states say the 00 million combined with 66 million already turned over by publishers represent double the maximum amount consumers lost in the conspiracy. In a release, Assistant Attorney GeneralBill Baer of the Justice Department's AntitrustDivision said the government was gratified with the ruling. "The decision confirms that it is unlawful for a company to knowingly participate in a price-fixing conspiracy, whatever its specific role in the conspiracy or reason for joining it. Because Apple and the defendant publishers sought to eliminate price competition in the sale of e-books, consumers were forced to pay higher prices for many e-book titles," he said. 2015The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Follow us on Twitter @Local12 and LIKE us on Facebook for updates

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been dominated by Amazon.com, a divided federal appeals court panel said Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that a lower-court judge correctly found Apple Inc. violated the law to upset Amazon.com Inc.'s control of the market. The appeals court also agreed that U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote was right in 2013 to order injunctive relief to ensure the Cupertino, California-based company didn't commit additional violations of antitrust laws. In a statement, Apple said the ruling did nothing to change the fact that it did not conspire to fix e-book pricing. "We are disappointed the court does not recognize the innovation and choice the iBooks Store brought for consumers," it said. "While we want to put this behind us, the case is about principles and values. We know we did nothing wrong back in 2010 and are assessing next steps." Cote had ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing and appointed a monitor to review the company's antitrust policies. The appeals court last month upheld the appointment of the monitor. In a majority opinion written by JudgeDebra Ann Livingston, the 2nd Circuit said Cote's finding that Apple orchestrated a conspiracy among publishers to raise electronic book prices was "amply supported and well-reasoned" and that her remedy was "lawful and consistent with preventing future anticompetitive harms." In a dissent, Judge Dennis Jacobs defended as "eminently reasonable" the actions Apple took as it fought to raise the price of e-books when Seattle-based Amazon controlled 90 percent of the market while selling the most popular books online for .99. Afterward, its share of the market dropped to about 60 percent. He said it was a mistake by Cote and his fellow appeals judges to assume "competition should be genteel, lawyer-designed, and fair under sporting rules, and that antitrust law is offended by gloves-off competition." "Apple took steps to compete with a monopolist and open the market to more entrants, generating only minor competitive restraints in the process," Jacobs wrote. In the majority opinion, though, Livingston said it was "startling" that Jacobs would agree Apple intentionally organized a conspiracy among publishers to raise e-book prices and then say the company was entitled to do so because the conspiracy helped it become an e-book retailer. Joining the majority, Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. agreed with much of what Livingston wrote, though he noted that the publishers may be more culpable than Apple after using the company as "powerful leverage against Amazon and to keep each other in collusive check." And he said there was "surface appeal" to Apple's argument that the e-book market needed more competition. "But more corporate bullying is not an appropriate antidote to corporate bullying," he wrote. The U.S.Justice Department and 33 states and territories originally sued Apple and five publishers. The publishers all settled and signed consent decrees prohibiting them from restricting e-book retailers' ability to set prices. Two publishers joined Apple's appeal. In settlements with lawsuits brought by individual states, Apple has agreed to pay 00 million to be distributed to consumers and 0 million for attorney fees and payments to states, though it will pay nothing if it ultimately wins on appeal. Lawyers for the states say the 00 million combined with 66 million already turned over by publishers represent double the maximum amount consumers lost in the conspiracy. In a release, Assistant Attorney GeneralBill Baer of the Justice Department's AntitrustDivision said the government was gratified with the ruling. "The decision confirms that it is unlawful for a company to knowingly participate in a price-fixing conspiracy, whatever its specific role in the conspiracy or reason for joining it. Because Apple and the defendant publishers sought to eliminate price competition in the sale of e-books, consumers were forced to pay higher prices for many e-book titles," he said. 2015The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Follow us on Twitter @Local12 and LIKE us on Facebook for updates

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Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.
Magrethe Vestager, the European Commission has made clear that the agency will monitor the activity of the tech giants in collecting data, which could lead to a violation of antitrust laws. This agency does not open no investigation into the matter, but Vestager made it clear that they are very attentive to a possible abuse of that philosophy that Big Data is presented as crucial tool for large companies to provide certain more personalized services to its users.
"If only a few companies control the data necessary to satisfy customers and reduce costs, this could give them the power to drive rivals out of the market," explained the Commissioner for the DLDConference in Munich. It would be in those cases in which the EU would take action to prevent an abuse of power. The company takes time investigating Google for potential monopoly practices and raised its monitoring and Amazon and Netflix as part of their work against abusive practices...
#MargretheVestager #tecnologia #Google #EU #enlanube #antitrust #EuropeanUnion #EU #Europe #Israel #Ukraine #Russia #Greece #UK #Palestine #Grexit #FreePalestine

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.
Magrethe Vestager, the European Commission has made clear that the agency will monitor the activity of the tech giants in collecting data, which could lead to a violation of antitrust laws. This agency does not open no investigation into the matter, but Vestager made it clear that they are very attentive to a possible abuse of that philosophy that Big Data is presented as crucial tool for large companies to provide certain more personalized services to its users.
"If only a few companies control the data necessary to satisfy customers and reduce costs, this could give them the power to drive rivals out of the market," explained the Commissioner for the DLDConference in Munich. It would be in those cases in which the EU would take action to prevent an abuse of power. The company takes time investigating Google for potential monopoly practices and raised its monitoring and Amazon and Netflix as part of their work against abusive practices...
#MargretheVestager #tecnologia #Google #EU #enlanube #antitrust #EuropeanUnion #EU #Europe #Israel #Ukraine #Russia #Greece #UK #Palestine #Grexit #FreePalestine

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Regulating Monopolies: A History of Electricity Regulation - Learn Liberty

Prof. Lynne Kiesling discusses the history of regulating electricity monopolies in America. Conventionally, most people view regulation of monopoly, such as the...

Prof. Lynne Kiesling discusses the history of regulating electricity monopolies in America. Conventionally, most people view regulation of monopoly, such as the Sherman Antitrust Act, as one of government's core responsibilities. Kiesling challenges this notion, and finds that government regulation of monopoly actually stifles innovation and hurts consumers.
The American electricity industry was booming in the 1890s, with several small firms competing against one another. Over time, Kiesling argues that the fixed costs began to escalate, increasing the cost of entry into the industry. Put another way, large competitors gained a significant competitive edge over smaller competitors through economies of scale. Eventually, in places like New York and Chicago, Kiesling claims that the competitive process led to one large firm.
These monopolies were feared by the public, and led to demands for government regulation. The electricity industry, knowing that regulation was coming, used these demands for regulation as cover to construct legal barriers to entry. Ultimately, the regulations passed by the government reduced competition by granting legal monopoly privileges to powerful firms within a certain geographical territory.
In modern times, we are seeing the real cost of these old one-size-fits-all regulations:
1) People aren't adjusting their energy consumption behaviors. For instance, in peak hours, technological solutions that could smooth electricity consumption are being ignored.
2) The electricity industry doesn't evolve and account for new types of renewable energy.
3) Innovations have been discouraged.
If these archaic regulations were removed, innovations and improvements beneficial to consumers would flourish.
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Prof. Lynne Kiesling discusses the history of regulating electricity monopolies in America. Conventionally, most people view regulation of monopoly, such as the Sherman Antitrust Act, as one of government's core responsibilities. Kiesling challenges this notion, and finds that government regulation of monopoly actually stifles innovation and hurts consumers.
The American electricity industry was booming in the 1890s, with several small firms competing against one another. Over time, Kiesling argues that the fixed costs began to escalate, increasing the cost of entry into the industry. Put another way, large competitors gained a significant competitive edge over smaller competitors through economies of scale. Eventually, in places like New York and Chicago, Kiesling claims that the competitive process led to one large firm.
These monopolies were feared by the public, and led to demands for government regulation. The electricity industry, knowing that regulation was coming, used these demands for regulation as cover to construct legal barriers to entry. Ultimately, the regulations passed by the government reduced competition by granting legal monopoly privileges to powerful firms within a certain geographical territory.
In modern times, we are seeing the real cost of these old one-size-fits-all regulations:
1) People aren't adjusting their energy consumption behaviors. For instance, in peak hours, technological solutions that could smooth electricity consumption are being ignored.
2) The electricity industry doesn't evolve and account for new types of renewable energy.
3) Innovations have been discouraged.
If these archaic regulations were removed, innovations and improvements beneficial to consumers would flourish.
For more information, check us out here: http://lrnlbty.co/zcPIQr
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In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepre...

In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepreneurs and politics, and keeping markets open and competitive; while also talking about uniform rules for businesses in Europe.

In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepreneurs and politics, and keeping markets open and competitive; while also talking about uniform rules for businesses in Europe.

After installing the WindowsAnniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games and apps from the Microsoft Store without your consent or knowledge, eating up your bandwidth and hard drive space and potentially putting you at risk. I am calling Microsoft out in this video for this bad practice and also telling you how to disable it so it won't continue to happen. I also tell you how to fortify your Windows 10 to prevent telemetry and data gathering moving forward by Microsoft.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kGMCfb2xw
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http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/destroy_windows_10_spying.html
* WARNING - some people are reporting Windows defender disappearing after running this tool. Use at your own risk and be careful removing inbox metro apps. To re-enable defender just modify this registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender]
"DisableAntiSpyware"=dword:00000000
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After installing the WindowsAnniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games and apps from the Microsoft Store without your consent or knowledge, eating up your bandwidth and hard drive space and potentially putting you at risk. I am calling Microsoft out in this video for this bad practice and also telling you how to disable it so it won't continue to happen. I also tell you how to fortify your Windows 10 to prevent telemetry and data gathering moving forward by Microsoft.
▼ OriginalStop Windows 10 Spying Video ▼
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kGMCfb2xw
▼ DownloadDestroy Windows 10 Spying Utility ▼
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/destroy_windows_10_spying.html
* WARNING - some people are reporting Windows defender disappearing after running this tool. Use at your own risk and be careful removing inbox metro apps. To re-enable defender just modify this registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender]
"DisableAntiSpyware"=dword:00000000
▼Alternate way to disable forced silent background app/game installs ▼
http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwinaero.com%2Fblog%2Fstop-windows-10-anniversary-update-from-installing-candy-crush-and-other-unwanted-apps%2F&h=nAQGjFFmX
▼ How to open registry editor, sorry I forgot to mention this in video ▼
Run 'regedit.exe'
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http://bit.ly/helpbarnacules
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▼ Subscribe to my new CarGasm channel if you're a gear head ▼
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Twitter - http://twitter.com/barnacules
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▼ Links to all my equipment I used to shoot this video ▼
Sony FDR-AX33 Camera - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00R5LH9G0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00R5LH9G0&linkCode=as2&tag=barnacnerdg08-20&linkId=6aeb7bbe6c4ac3db64cf0138bb3fbd15
Sennheiser MKE 44 Mic - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EM70BE6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01EM70BE6&linkCode=as2&tag=barnacnerdg08-20&linkId=fed92212a8adba0f795952c4a4bd4775
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GoPro Session - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C80O0ZU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01C80O0ZU&linkCode=as2&tag=barnacnerdg08-20&linkId=38d35885f1cdd0e3a550b3c9d978cb6b
Gorilla Pod - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KFRSG4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000KFRSG4&linkCode=as2&tag=barnacnerdg08-20&linkId=b7d01bd8abd26480fd5d26e699992beb
▼ Support my channel by buying my custom shirts I designed ▼
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http://bit.ly/ShutUpBlack (Black Shirt)
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http://bit.ly/iBuggyBlue (Blue Shirt)
http://bit.ly/iBuggyHeavyMetal (Grey Shirt)
▼ Discount on GT OmegaRacingOfficeChair ▼
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-or-
Use code 'NERDGASM' at checkout!
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▼ Questions & Answers ▼
Q) I didn't see any apps installed I didn't approve
A) A few people have reported this has not affected them. But the vast majority of people that have contacted me so far have found multiple things installed. It's possible that some usage pattern triggers the installation of these items or potentially only if you don't have a metered internet connection. Also, if you're outside the USA you may not see this because MS is careful of antitrust stuff after the IE monopoly lawsuits!
Q) What apps have been confirmed to be installed without permission so far?
A) Amazon, Candy Crush Soda Saga, Netflix, Snapfish, TripAdvisor Hotels Flights Restaurants, Farmvill, Pixart, Asphalt 8: Airborne... If you have one not on this list please leave in comments

What are the antitrust challenges that technology companies face?

The technology industry faces an array of fast-moving challenges and opportunities – from the rise of big data and the need for ever-more vigilant data security...

The technology industry faces an array of fast-moving challenges and opportunities – from the rise of big data and the need for ever-more vigilant data security to the high-profile M&A deals that help fuel innovation. Today, tech companies must navigate an increasingly complex marketplace under intense scrutiny.
Listen as Antitrust partner HollyHouse discusses some of the antitrust challenges that technology companies are facing.
More: http://www.paulhastings.com/area/technology/whats-next-for-the-tech-industry

The technology industry faces an array of fast-moving challenges and opportunities – from the rise of big data and the need for ever-more vigilant data security to the high-profile M&A deals that help fuel innovation. Today, tech companies must navigate an increasingly complex marketplace under intense scrutiny.
Listen as Antitrust partner HollyHouse discusses some of the antitrust challenges that technology companies are facing.
More: http://www.paulhastings.com/area/technology/whats-next-for-the-tech-industry

Gazprom: EU's Vestager says in talks with Gazprom over market test

The EU’s competition supervisor is discussing the outcome of market feedback with Russian gas supplier Gazprom following “critical” comments from some firms, EU...

The EU’s competition supervisor is discussing the outcome of market feedback with Russian gas supplier Gazprom following “critical” comments from some firms, EU CommissionerMargrethe Vestager said on Wednesday.
“From that market test we got a very broad response, a very nuanced response and but also to some degree a critical response,” Vestager told a news conference in Brussels.
“On the basis of that, we are back with Gazprom to address some of the things that were commented in a critical way in the market test,” she added.
The European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the supervisor said in October.

The EU’s competition supervisor is discussing the outcome of market feedback with Russian gas supplier Gazprom following “critical” comments from some firms, EU CommissionerMargrethe Vestager said on Wednesday.
“From that market test we got a very broad response, a very nuanced response and but also to some degree a critical response,” Vestager told a news conference in Brussels.
“On the basis of that, we are back with Gazprom to address some of the things that were commented in a critical way in the market test,” she added.
The European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the supervisor said in October.

BlackBerry Mobility Monitoring & Management, powered by ISEC7 is for IT Admins who need to know the performance level of their infrastructure systems and perfor...

BlackBerry Mobility Monitoring & Management, powered by ISEC7 is for IT Admins who need to know the performance level of their infrastructure systems and performance issues before their users are affected. This solution delivers over 750 metrics to get a holistic view into the entire mobile infrastructure, and performs ongoing real-time system health checks, as well as notifies EMM admins of critical system status.

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Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Date: December 10, 2008
NGO Monitor's Annual Conference in conjunction with Bar-Ilan and Global Law Forum (JCPA)
"60 Years Since the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention: Evaluating the Record"
Roundtable discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime (includes introductions by each speaker and a Q&A discussion period at the end of the presentations)
Speakers:
Mrs.Jessica Montell (B'Tselem)
Mrs. Montell discusses the role that B'Tselem has played in terms of Israel advocacy, but also in investigating Israel's human rights abuses. In particular, the separation barrier and the policy of punitive house demolitions which was revoked in 2005, due to its lack of effectiveness, which actually increased negative sentiments towards Israel. Also, it became a security liability and hurt Israel's international reputation.
Mr. Daniel Taub (Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Mr. Taub discusses Israel's human rights record and the different standards that exist towards Israel because it is a democratic, open society with free press. He argues that there is an important human rights dialogue that is occurring that we need to be a part of, but in a less hostile environment, with less biases.
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood (Johns Hopkins University)
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood who was elected as the United States representative at the United Nations Human Rights Committee discusses the inner workings of the committee and the biases and different standards that exist. As well as the difficulties that exist for enforcing the resolutions and standards created.
Prof. Irwin Cotler (MP Canada)
Prof. Cotler discusses the danger of state-sanctioned incitement to genocide, particularly the recent petition of the "danger of the genocidal and nuclear Iran". This identifies seven indicators of Iran's incitement to genocide and calls upon state parties to the Genocide Convention to act. He argues that the world's focus on the nuclear dimension has led to the ignorance of the genocidal dimension to Iran. Prof. Cotler also discusses how Israel is not receiving equality before international law.
Adv. Irit Kohn (Deputy President, InternationalJewishLawyers and Jurist Organization)
Adv. Kohn discusses the different standards that Israel is held to than the rest of the world in terms of public opinion and international law.

Date: December 10, 2008
NGO Monitor's Annual Conference in conjunction with Bar-Ilan and Global Law Forum (JCPA)
"60 Years Since the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention: Evaluating the Record"
Roundtable discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime (includes introductions by each speaker and a Q&A discussion period at the end of the presentations)
Speakers:
Mrs.Jessica Montell (B'Tselem)
Mrs. Montell discusses the role that B'Tselem has played in terms of Israel advocacy, but also in investigating Israel's human rights abuses. In particular, the separation barrier and the policy of punitive house demolitions which was revoked in 2005, due to its lack of effectiveness, which actually increased negative sentiments towards Israel. Also, it became a security liability and hurt Israel's international reputation.
Mr. Daniel Taub (Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Mr. Taub discusses Israel's human rights record and the different standards that exist towards Israel because it is a democratic, open society with free press. He argues that there is an important human rights dialogue that is occurring that we need to be a part of, but in a less hostile environment, with less biases.
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood (Johns Hopkins University)
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood who was elected as the United States representative at the United Nations Human Rights Committee discusses the inner workings of the committee and the biases and different standards that exist. As well as the difficulties that exist for enforcing the resolutions and standards created.
Prof. Irwin Cotler (MP Canada)
Prof. Cotler discusses the danger of state-sanctioned incitement to genocide, particularly the recent petition of the "danger of the genocidal and nuclear Iran". This identifies seven indicators of Iran's incitement to genocide and calls upon state parties to the Genocide Convention to act. He argues that the world's focus on the nuclear dimension has led to the ignorance of the genocidal dimension to Iran. Prof. Cotler also discusses how Israel is not receiving equality before international law.
Adv. Irit Kohn (Deputy President, InternationalJewishLawyers and Jurist Organization)
Adv. Kohn discusses the different standards that Israel is held to than the rest of the world in terms of public opinion and international law.

published:23 Jan 2014

views:237

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Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers. A second danger is behavioral discrimination. Here, companies track and profile consumers to get them to buy goods at the highest price they are willing to pay. The rise of super-platforms and their “frenemy” relationship with independent app developers raises a third danger. By controlling key platforms (such as the operating system of smartphones), data-driven monopolies dictate the flow of personal data and determine who gets to exploit potential buyers.
VirtualCompetition raises timely questions. To what extent does the “invisible hand” still hold sway? In markets continually manipulated by bots and algorithms, is competitive pricing an illusion? Can our current laws protect consumers? The changing market reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being.
About Maurice
Professor Stucke brought 13 years of litigation experience when he joined the UT College of Law faculty in 2007. As a trial attorney at the U.S.Department of Justice, AntitrustDivision, he successfully challenged anticompetitive mergers and restraints in numerous industries, and focused on policy issues involving antitrust and the media. As a SpecialAssistantU.S. Attorney, he prosecuted a variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses, including running a weekly docket before the HonorableThomas Rawles Jones, Jr. As an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, Professor Stucke assisted in defending Goldman Sachs, CS First Boston, and Microsoft in civil antitrust litigation. The Legal Aid Society presented him two awards for his criminal appellate and defense work.
Since coming to UT, Professor Stucke has been a prolific legal scholar. His scholarship re-examines much of the conventional wisdom in competition policy in light of the empirical findings from behavioral economics and psychology. In re-evaluating the goals and assumptions of competition law, he seeks to provide policymakers with a more empirical approach to competition policy. Professor Stucke’s scholarship, which has been cited by the U.S. federal courts, the OECD, the United Nations, competition agencies and policymakers, is already impacting competition policy. He was invited by the OECD and competition authorities from the European Union, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United States, and United Kingdom to discuss his research, and has been invited to present his research at over 60 conferences in Australia, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.
Professor Stucke serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Antitrust Institute, an independent Washington, D.C.-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization devoted to competition policy. Professor Stucke chaired a committee on the media industry that drafted a transition report for the incoming Obama administration. In 2009, Professor Stucke was elected as a member to the AcademicSociety for Competition Law, appointed to the advisory board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and was asked to serve as one of the United States’ non-governmental advisors to the International Competition Network, the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement and whose members represent national and multinational governmental competition authorities in over 100 jurisdictions.
He has co-authored two books, Big Data and Competition Policy (Oxford University Press 2016) and Virtual Competition (Harvard University Press 2016), which has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, New York Review of Books, Harvard Business Review, and Wired.
More info on this event here:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2017/03/Stucke

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers. A second danger is behavioral discrimination. Here, companies track and profile consumers to get them to buy goods at the highest price they are willing to pay. The rise of super-platforms and their “frenemy” relationship with independent app developers raises a third danger. By controlling key platforms (such as the operating system of smartphones), data-driven monopolies dictate the flow of personal data and determine who gets to exploit potential buyers.
VirtualCompetition raises timely questions. To what extent does the “invisible hand” still hold sway? In markets continually manipulated by bots and algorithms, is competitive pricing an illusion? Can our current laws protect consumers? The changing market reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being.
About Maurice
Professor Stucke brought 13 years of litigation experience when he joined the UT College of Law faculty in 2007. As a trial attorney at the U.S.Department of Justice, AntitrustDivision, he successfully challenged anticompetitive mergers and restraints in numerous industries, and focused on policy issues involving antitrust and the media. As a SpecialAssistantU.S. Attorney, he prosecuted a variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses, including running a weekly docket before the HonorableThomas Rawles Jones, Jr. As an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, Professor Stucke assisted in defending Goldman Sachs, CS First Boston, and Microsoft in civil antitrust litigation. The Legal Aid Society presented him two awards for his criminal appellate and defense work.
Since coming to UT, Professor Stucke has been a prolific legal scholar. His scholarship re-examines much of the conventional wisdom in competition policy in light of the empirical findings from behavioral economics and psychology. In re-evaluating the goals and assumptions of competition law, he seeks to provide policymakers with a more empirical approach to competition policy. Professor Stucke’s scholarship, which has been cited by the U.S. federal courts, the OECD, the United Nations, competition agencies and policymakers, is already impacting competition policy. He was invited by the OECD and competition authorities from the European Union, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United States, and United Kingdom to discuss his research, and has been invited to present his research at over 60 conferences in Australia, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.
Professor Stucke serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Antitrust Institute, an independent Washington, D.C.-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization devoted to competition policy. Professor Stucke chaired a committee on the media industry that drafted a transition report for the incoming Obama administration. In 2009, Professor Stucke was elected as a member to the AcademicSociety for Competition Law, appointed to the advisory board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and was asked to serve as one of the United States’ non-governmental advisors to the International Competition Network, the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement and whose members represent national and multinational governmental competition authorities in over 100 jurisdictions.
He has co-authored two books, Big Data and Competition Policy (Oxford University Press 2016) and Virtual Competition (Harvard University Press 2016), which has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, New York Review of Books, Harvard Business Review, and Wired.
More info on this event here:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2017/03/Stucke

BlackBerry Mobility Monitoring & Management, powered by ISEC7 is for IT Admins who need to know the performance level of their infrastructure systems and performance issues before their users are affected. This solution delivers over 750 metrics to get a holistic view into the entire mobile infrastructure, and performs ongoing real-time system health checks, as well as notifies EMM admins of critical system status.

published: 22 Jun 2015

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers....

In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepreneurs and politics, and keeping markets open and competitive; while also talking about uniform rules for businesses in Europe.

Hatch on Antitrust for the 21st Century

published: 03 Aug 2017

Will a US vote change the internet as we know it? | The Stream

A fight over the internet in the United States is reaching a fever pitch as the Federal Communications Commission votes this week on whether or not to roll back Obama-era regulations that protect net neutrality - the principle that everyone has the right to freely use the internet without interference from corporations.
There’s little debate about net neutrality itself. Almost everyone agrees with the principle on merit, but not everyone agrees with the best way to protect it.
Opponents of the current rules say they cripple innovation and limit the ability to improve internet infrastructure. Those in favour of the regulations say scrapping them would give too much control over the internet to the government and big corporations, which could hurt already marginalised communities.
So...

Learn the Basics of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties [Full Webinar]

TradeRisk Guaranty holds a webinar covering the basics of Antidumping and Countervailing. This is part one of a two-part series on Antidumping and Countervailing duties.
- Dumping and Subsidized Exports
- Anti-dumping and Countervailing DutyDefinition
- History of Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty
- Petitions for Anti-dumping and Countervailing Relief
- Investigation and Determination
- Administrative Review
- Sunset Review
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published: 24 Feb 2017

ALGORITHM: The Hacker Movie

After discovering a top-secret N.S.A. project, a hacker-for-hire must choose between his curiosity and the safety of his friends.

published: 07 Dec 2014

Microeconomics - Chapter 15: Monopoly and Antitrust Policy

Barriers high enough to create monopoly can be due to: (1) government blocking the entry of more than one firm into a market; (2) one firm having control over a necessary resource; (3) the existence of network externalities in supplying the good or service; (4) economies of scale so large that one firm has a natural monopoly.
We have considered how markets form in response to many factors, but really it comes down to companies selling products that people want and need to buy. If the product is carrots and just about anyone can grow them and loads of people want to buy them, then you have a perfectly competitive market like we saw in the farmer’s markets.

published: 15 Jun 2017

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

BlackBerry Mobility Monitoring & Management, powered by ISEC7 is for IT Admins who need to know the performance level of their infrastructure systems and perfor...

BlackBerry Mobility Monitoring & Management, powered by ISEC7 is for IT Admins who need to know the performance level of their infrastructure systems and performance issues before their users are affected. This solution delivers over 750 metrics to get a holistic view into the entire mobile infrastructure, and performs ongoing real-time system health checks, as well as notifies EMM admins of critical system status.

BlackBerry Mobility Monitoring & Management, powered by ISEC7 is for IT Admins who need to know the performance level of their infrastructure systems and performance issues before their users are affected. This solution delivers over 750 metrics to get a holistic view into the entire mobile infrastructure, and performs ongoing real-time system health checks, as well as notifies EMM admins of critical system status.

published:22 Jun 2015

views:2919

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Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers. A second danger is behavioral discrimination. Here, companies track and profile consumers to get them to buy goods at the highest price they are willing to pay. The rise of super-platforms and their “frenemy” relationship with independent app developers raises a third danger. By controlling key platforms (such as the operating system of smartphones), data-driven monopolies dictate the flow of personal data and determine who gets to exploit potential buyers.
VirtualCompetition raises timely questions. To what extent does the “invisible hand” still hold sway? In markets continually manipulated by bots and algorithms, is competitive pricing an illusion? Can our current laws protect consumers? The changing market reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being.
About Maurice
Professor Stucke brought 13 years of litigation experience when he joined the UT College of Law faculty in 2007. As a trial attorney at the U.S.Department of Justice, AntitrustDivision, he successfully challenged anticompetitive mergers and restraints in numerous industries, and focused on policy issues involving antitrust and the media. As a SpecialAssistantU.S. Attorney, he prosecuted a variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses, including running a weekly docket before the HonorableThomas Rawles Jones, Jr. As an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, Professor Stucke assisted in defending Goldman Sachs, CS First Boston, and Microsoft in civil antitrust litigation. The Legal Aid Society presented him two awards for his criminal appellate and defense work.
Since coming to UT, Professor Stucke has been a prolific legal scholar. His scholarship re-examines much of the conventional wisdom in competition policy in light of the empirical findings from behavioral economics and psychology. In re-evaluating the goals and assumptions of competition law, he seeks to provide policymakers with a more empirical approach to competition policy. Professor Stucke’s scholarship, which has been cited by the U.S. federal courts, the OECD, the United Nations, competition agencies and policymakers, is already impacting competition policy. He was invited by the OECD and competition authorities from the European Union, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United States, and United Kingdom to discuss his research, and has been invited to present his research at over 60 conferences in Australia, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.
Professor Stucke serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Antitrust Institute, an independent Washington, D.C.-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization devoted to competition policy. Professor Stucke chaired a committee on the media industry that drafted a transition report for the incoming Obama administration. In 2009, Professor Stucke was elected as a member to the AcademicSociety for Competition Law, appointed to the advisory board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and was asked to serve as one of the United States’ non-governmental advisors to the International Competition Network, the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement and whose members represent national and multinational governmental competition authorities in over 100 jurisdictions.
He has co-authored two books, Big Data and Competition Policy (Oxford University Press 2016) and Virtual Competition (Harvard University Press 2016), which has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, New York Review of Books, Harvard Business Review, and Wired.
More info on this event here:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2017/03/Stucke

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers. A second danger is behavioral discrimination. Here, companies track and profile consumers to get them to buy goods at the highest price they are willing to pay. The rise of super-platforms and their “frenemy” relationship with independent app developers raises a third danger. By controlling key platforms (such as the operating system of smartphones), data-driven monopolies dictate the flow of personal data and determine who gets to exploit potential buyers.
VirtualCompetition raises timely questions. To what extent does the “invisible hand” still hold sway? In markets continually manipulated by bots and algorithms, is competitive pricing an illusion? Can our current laws protect consumers? The changing market reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being.
About Maurice
Professor Stucke brought 13 years of litigation experience when he joined the UT College of Law faculty in 2007. As a trial attorney at the U.S.Department of Justice, AntitrustDivision, he successfully challenged anticompetitive mergers and restraints in numerous industries, and focused on policy issues involving antitrust and the media. As a SpecialAssistantU.S. Attorney, he prosecuted a variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses, including running a weekly docket before the HonorableThomas Rawles Jones, Jr. As an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, Professor Stucke assisted in defending Goldman Sachs, CS First Boston, and Microsoft in civil antitrust litigation. The Legal Aid Society presented him two awards for his criminal appellate and defense work.
Since coming to UT, Professor Stucke has been a prolific legal scholar. His scholarship re-examines much of the conventional wisdom in competition policy in light of the empirical findings from behavioral economics and psychology. In re-evaluating the goals and assumptions of competition law, he seeks to provide policymakers with a more empirical approach to competition policy. Professor Stucke’s scholarship, which has been cited by the U.S. federal courts, the OECD, the United Nations, competition agencies and policymakers, is already impacting competition policy. He was invited by the OECD and competition authorities from the European Union, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United States, and United Kingdom to discuss his research, and has been invited to present his research at over 60 conferences in Australia, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.
Professor Stucke serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Antitrust Institute, an independent Washington, D.C.-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization devoted to competition policy. Professor Stucke chaired a committee on the media industry that drafted a transition report for the incoming Obama administration. In 2009, Professor Stucke was elected as a member to the AcademicSociety for Competition Law, appointed to the advisory board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and was asked to serve as one of the United States’ non-governmental advisors to the International Competition Network, the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement and whose members represent national and multinational governmental competition authorities in over 100 jurisdictions.
He has co-authored two books, Big Data and Competition Policy (Oxford University Press 2016) and Virtual Competition (Harvard University Press 2016), which has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, New York Review of Books, Harvard Business Review, and Wired.
More info on this event here:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2017/03/Stucke

In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepre...

In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepreneurs and politics, and keeping markets open and competitive; while also talking about uniform rules for businesses in Europe.

In her keynote speech, Margrethe Vestager will discuss Europe’s vision for a digital future; highlight the importance of fostering partnerships between entrepreneurs and politics, and keeping markets open and competitive; while also talking about uniform rules for businesses in Europe.

A fight over the internet in the United States is reaching a fever pitch as the Federal Communications Commission votes this week on whether or not to roll back Obama-era regulations that protect net neutrality - the principle that everyone has the right to freely use the internet without interference from corporations.
There’s little debate about net neutrality itself. Almost everyone agrees with the principle on merit, but not everyone agrees with the best way to protect it.
Opponents of the current rules say they cripple innovation and limit the ability to improve internet infrastructure. Those in favour of the regulations say scrapping them would give too much control over the internet to the government and big corporations, which could hurt already marginalised communities.
Some activists are saying it could be the end of the internet as we know it. Are they right? The Stream discusses with a panel of experts on Tuesday.
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A fight over the internet in the United States is reaching a fever pitch as the Federal Communications Commission votes this week on whether or not to roll back Obama-era regulations that protect net neutrality - the principle that everyone has the right to freely use the internet without interference from corporations.
There’s little debate about net neutrality itself. Almost everyone agrees with the principle on merit, but not everyone agrees with the best way to protect it.
Opponents of the current rules say they cripple innovation and limit the ability to improve internet infrastructure. Those in favour of the regulations say scrapping them would give too much control over the internet to the government and big corporations, which could hurt already marginalised communities.
Some activists are saying it could be the end of the internet as we know it. Are they right? The Stream discusses with a panel of experts on Tuesday.
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Microeconomics - Chapter 15: Monopoly and Antitrust Policy

Barriers high enough to create monopoly can be due to: (1) government blocking the entry of more than one firm into a market; (2) one firm having control over a...

Barriers high enough to create monopoly can be due to: (1) government blocking the entry of more than one firm into a market; (2) one firm having control over a necessary resource; (3) the existence of network externalities in supplying the good or service; (4) economies of scale so large that one firm has a natural monopoly.
We have considered how markets form in response to many factors, but really it comes down to companies selling products that people want and need to buy. If the product is carrots and just about anyone can grow them and loads of people want to buy them, then you have a perfectly competitive market like we saw in the farmer’s markets.

Barriers high enough to create monopoly can be due to: (1) government blocking the entry of more than one firm into a market; (2) one firm having control over a necessary resource; (3) the existence of network externalities in supplying the good or service; (4) economies of scale so large that one firm has a natural monopoly.
We have considered how markets form in response to many factors, but really it comes down to companies selling products that people want and need to buy. If the product is carrots and just about anyone can grow them and loads of people want to buy them, then you have a perfectly competitive market like we saw in the farmer’s markets.

published:15 Jun 2017

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Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Date: December 10, 2008
NGO Monitor's Annual Conference in conjunction with Bar-Ilan and Global Law Forum (JCPA)
"60 Years Since the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention: Evaluating the Record"
Roundtable discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime (includes introductions by each speaker and a Q&A discussion period at the end of the presentations)
Speakers:
Mrs.Jessica Montell (B'Tselem)
Mrs. Montell discusses the role that B'Tselem has played in terms of Israel advocacy, but also in investigating Israel's human rights abuses. In particular, the separation barrier and the policy of punitive house demolitions which was revoked in 2005, due to its lack of effectiveness, which actually increased negative sentiments towards Israel. Also, it became a security liability and hurt Israel's international reputation.
Mr. Daniel Taub (Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Mr. Taub discusses Israel's human rights record and the different standards that exist towards Israel because it is a democratic, open society with free press. He argues that there is an important human rights dialogue that is occurring that we need to be a part of, but in a less hostile environment, with less biases.
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood (Johns Hopkins University)
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood who was elected as the United States representative at the United Nations Human Rights Committee discusses the inner workings of the committee and the biases and different standards that exist. As well as the difficulties that exist for enforcing the resolutions and standards created.
Prof. Irwin Cotler (MP Canada)
Prof. Cotler discusses the danger of state-sanctioned incitement to genocide, particularly the recent petition of the "danger of the genocidal and nuclear Iran". This identifies seven indicators of Iran's incitement to genocide and calls upon state parties to the Genocide Convention to act. He argues that the world's focus on the nuclear dimension has led to the ignorance of the genocidal dimension to Iran. Prof. Cotler also discusses how Israel is not receiving equality before international law.
Adv. Irit Kohn (Deputy President, InternationalJewishLawyers and Jurist Organization)
Adv. Kohn discusses the different standards that Israel is held to than the rest of the world in terms of public opinion and international law.

Date: December 10, 2008
NGO Monitor's Annual Conference in conjunction with Bar-Ilan and Global Law Forum (JCPA)
"60 Years Since the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention: Evaluating the Record"
Roundtable discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime (includes introductions by each speaker and a Q&A discussion period at the end of the presentations)
Speakers:
Mrs.Jessica Montell (B'Tselem)
Mrs. Montell discusses the role that B'Tselem has played in terms of Israel advocacy, but also in investigating Israel's human rights abuses. In particular, the separation barrier and the policy of punitive house demolitions which was revoked in 2005, due to its lack of effectiveness, which actually increased negative sentiments towards Israel. Also, it became a security liability and hurt Israel's international reputation.
Mr. Daniel Taub (Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Mr. Taub discusses Israel's human rights record and the different standards that exist towards Israel because it is a democratic, open society with free press. He argues that there is an important human rights dialogue that is occurring that we need to be a part of, but in a less hostile environment, with less biases.
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood (Johns Hopkins University)
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood who was elected as the United States representative at the United Nations Human Rights Committee discusses the inner workings of the committee and the biases and different standards that exist. As well as the difficulties that exist for enforcing the resolutions and standards created.
Prof. Irwin Cotler (MP Canada)
Prof. Cotler discusses the danger of state-sanctioned incitement to genocide, particularly the recent petition of the "danger of the genocidal and nuclear Iran". This identifies seven indicators of Iran's incitement to genocide and calls upon state parties to the Genocide Convention to act. He argues that the world's focus on the nuclear dimension has led to the ignorance of the genocidal dimension to Iran. Prof. Cotler also discusses how Israel is not receiving equality before international law.
Adv. Irit Kohn (Deputy President, InternationalJewishLawyers and Jurist Organization)
Adv. Kohn discusses the different standards that Israel is held to than the rest of the world in terms of public opinion and international law.

Apple Loses Bid to Disqualify Antitrust Monitor

The 2ndU.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge did not abuse her discretion in rejecting Apple's bid to disqualify Michael Bromwich as monitor. Bromwich, a lawyer, was installed in October 2013 by U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote, three months after she found Apple had played a "central role" in a conspiracy with publishers to raise e-book prices, the subject of litigation brought by the U.S. government and more than 30 U.S. states. Apple has since repeatedly sought Bromwich's ouster. It has accused him of collaborating improperly with the plaintiffs, being too aggressive in examining its business practices and demanding interviews with executives, and charging excessive fees that began at $1,100 an hour before being reduced. Writing for the appeals court, Circuit JudgeDennis Jacobs said some of Apple's allegations against Bromwich "give pause," particularly one instance in which Bromwich worked with the plaintiffs in opposing a court motion filed by Apple and submitted an affidavit in support. But he said that on the record, "we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion" in finding that this did not require Bromwich's disqualification.
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Trends in Antitrust: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

In this Thought Leaders in Health Law® video, E. John Steren, Patricia M. Wagner, and Coli...

Trends in Antitrust: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

In this Thought Leaders in Health Law® video, E. John Steren, Patricia M. Wagner, and Colin G. McCulloch, attorneys in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, examine the evolution of antitrust issues in the health care industry and discuss what to keep top of mind in the current environment.
This video looks at the following:
* Changes in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement over time
* The impact that current enforcement trends have had on the health care industry
* When health care companies should consider antitrust issues
* Areas to monitor as antitrust enforcement continues to evolve
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0:48

Appeals Court: Apple Must Submit to Imposition of Monitor

A federal appeals panel has refused to disqualify a court-appointed monitor after a judge ...

Appeals Court: Apple Must Submit to Imposition of Monitor

A federal appeals panel has refused to disqualify a court-appointed monitor after a judge found Apple colluded with book publishers in 2010 to raise electronic book prices. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled against Apple Inc. The three-judge panel concluded that a judge did not act improperly when she declined Apple's request to disqualify a monitor she had appointed to evaluate Apple's antitrust policies. After a 2013 civil trial, a judge ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing.
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0:30

US court agrees Apple violated antitrust law in E-book entry

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise elect...

US court agrees Apple violated antitrust law in E-book entry

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been dominated by Amazon.com, a divided federal appeals court panel said Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that a lower-court judge correctly found Apple Inc. violated the law to upset Amazon.com Inc.'s control of the market. The appeals court also agreed that U.S. District JudgeDenise Cote was right in 2013 to order injunctive relief to ensure the Cupertino, California-based company didn't commit additional violations of antitrust laws. In a statement, Apple said the ruling did nothing to change the fact that it did not conspire to fix e-book pricing. "We are disappointed the court does not recognize the innovation and choice the iBooks Store brought for consumers," it said. "While we want to put this behind us, the case is about principles and values. We know we did nothing wrong back in 2010 and are assessing next steps." Cote had ordered the technology giant to modify contracts with publishers to prevent price fixing and appointed a monitor to review the company's antitrust policies. The appeals court last month upheld the appointment of the monitor. In a majority opinion written by JudgeDebra Ann Livingston, the 2nd Circuit said Cote's finding that Apple orchestrated a conspiracy among publishers to raise electronic book prices was "amply supported and well-reasoned" and that her remedy was "lawful and consistent with preventing future anticompetitive harms." In a dissent, Judge Dennis Jacobs defended as "eminently reasonable" the actions Apple took as it fought to raise the price of e-books when Seattle-based Amazon controlled 90 percent of the market while selling the most popular books online for .99. Afterward, its share of the market dropped to about 60 percent. He said it was a mistake by Cote and his fellow appeals judges to assume "competition should be genteel, lawyer-designed, and fair under sporting rules, and that antitrust law is offended by gloves-off competition." "Apple took steps to compete with a monopolist and open the market to more entrants, generating only minor competitive restraints in the process," Jacobs wrote. In the majority opinion, though, Livingston said it was "startling" that Jacobs would agree Apple intentionally organized a conspiracy among publishers to raise e-book prices and then say the company was entitled to do so because the conspiracy helped it become an e-book retailer. Joining the majority, Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. agreed with much of what Livingston wrote, though he noted that the publishers may be more culpable than Apple after using the company as "powerful leverage against Amazon and to keep each other in collusive check." And he said there was "surface appeal" to Apple's argument that the e-book market needed more competition. "But more corporate bullying is not an appropriate antidote to corporate bullying," he wrote. The U.S.Justice Department and 33 states and territories originally sued Apple and five publishers. The publishers all settled and signed consent decrees prohibiting them from restricting e-book retailers' ability to set prices. Two publishers joined Apple's appeal. In settlements with lawsuits brought by individual states, Apple has agreed to pay 00 million to be distributed to consumers and 0 million for attorney fees and payments to states, though it will pay nothing if it ultimately wins on appeal. Lawyers for the states say the 00 million combined with 66 million already turned over by publishers represent double the maximum amount consumers lost in the conspiracy. In a release, Assistant Attorney GeneralBill Baer of the Justice Department's AntitrustDivision said the government was gratified with the ruling. "The decision confirms that it is unlawful for a company to knowingly participate in a price-fixing conspiracy, whatever its specific role in the conspiracy or reason for joining it. Because Apple and the defendant publishers sought to eliminate price competition in the sale of e-books, consumers were forced to pay higher prices for many e-book titles," he said. 2015The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Follow us on Twitter @Local12 and LIKE us on Facebook for updates

1:31

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.
Ma...

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.

Margrethe Vestager: The European Union will monitor the impact of Big Data on privacy.
Magrethe Vestager, the European Commission has made clear that the agency will monitor the activity of the tech giants in collecting data, which could lead to a violation of antitrust laws. This agency does not open no investigation into the matter, but Vestager made it clear that they are very attentive to a possible abuse of that philosophy that Big Data is presented as crucial tool for large companies to provide certain more personalized services to its users.
"If only a few companies control the data necessary to satisfy customers and reduce costs, this could give them the power to drive rivals out of the market," explained the Commissioner for the DLDConference in Munich. It would be in those cases in which the EU would take action to prevent an abuse of power. The company takes time investigating Google for potential monopoly practices and raised its monitoring and Amazon and Netflix as part of their work against abusive practices...
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Regulating Monopolies: A History of Electricity Regulation - Learn Liberty

Prof. Lynne Kiesling discusses the history of regulating electricity monopolies in America...

Regulating Monopolies: A History of Electricity Regulation - Learn Liberty

Prof. Lynne Kiesling discusses the history of regulating electricity monopolies in America. Conventionally, most people view regulation of monopoly, such as the Sherman Antitrust Act, as one of government's core responsibilities. Kiesling challenges this notion, and finds that government regulation of monopoly actually stifles innovation and hurts consumers.
The American electricity industry was booming in the 1890s, with several small firms competing against one another. Over time, Kiesling argues that the fixed costs began to escalate, increasing the cost of entry into the industry. Put another way, large competitors gained a significant competitive edge over smaller competitors through economies of scale. Eventually, in places like New York and Chicago, Kiesling claims that the competitive process led to one large firm.
These monopolies were feared by the public, and led to demands for government regulation. The electricity industry, knowing that regulation was coming, used these demands for regulation as cover to construct legal barriers to entry. Ultimately, the regulations passed by the government reduced competition by granting legal monopoly privileges to powerful firms within a certain geographical territory.
In modern times, we are seeing the real cost of these old one-size-fits-all regulations:
1) People aren't adjusting their energy consumption behaviors. For instance, in peak hours, technological solutions that could smooth electricity consumption are being ignored.
2) The electricity industry doesn't evolve and account for new types of renewable energy.
3) Innovations have been discouraged.
If these archaic regulations were removed, innovations and improvements beneficial to consumers would flourish.
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5:53

Roccat Nyth Modular Gaming Mouse Review

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Stop Microsoft Windows 10 Spying & Forced Application Installs. How to Take Back Control of Your PC.

After installing the WindowsAnniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games and apps from the Microsoft Store without your consent or knowledge, eating up your bandwidth and hard drive space and potentially putting you at risk. I am calling Microsoft out in this video for this bad practice and also telling you how to disable it so it won't continue to happen. I also tell you how to fortify your Windows 10 to prevent telemetry and data gathering moving forward by Microsoft.
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5:02

What are the antitrust challenges that technology companies face?

The technology industry faces an array of fast-moving challenges and opportunities – from ...

What are the antitrust challenges that technology companies face?

The technology industry faces an array of fast-moving challenges and opportunities – from the rise of big data and the need for ever-more vigilant data security to the high-profile M&A deals that help fuel innovation. Today, tech companies must navigate an increasingly complex marketplace under intense scrutiny.
Listen as Antitrust partner HollyHouse discusses some of the antitrust challenges that technology companies are facing.
More: http://www.paulhastings.com/area/technology/whats-next-for-the-tech-industry

1:21

Gazprom: EU's Vestager says in talks with Gazprom over market test

The EU’s competition supervisor is discussing the outcome of market feedback with Russian ...

Gazprom: EU's Vestager says in talks with Gazprom over market test

The EU’s competition supervisor is discussing the outcome of market feedback with Russian gas supplier Gazprom following “critical” comments from some firms, EU CommissionerMargrethe Vestager said on Wednesday.
“From that market test we got a very broad response, a very nuanced response and but also to some degree a critical response,” Vestager told a news conference in Brussels.
“On the basis of that, we are back with Gazprom to address some of the things that were commented in a critical way in the market test,” she added.
The European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the supervisor said in October.

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1:29:44

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Date: December 10, 2008
NGO Monitor's Annual Conference in conjunction with Bar-Ilan and Global Law Forum (JCPA)
"60 Years Since the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention: Evaluating the Record"
Roundtable discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime (includes introductions by each speaker and a Q&A discussion period at the end of the presentations)
Speakers:
Mrs.Jessica Montell (B'Tselem)
Mrs. Montell discusses the role that B'Tselem has played in terms of Israel advocacy, but also in investigating Israel's human rights abuses. In particular, the separation barrier and the policy of punitive house demolitions which was revoked in 2005, due to its lack of effectiveness, which actually increased negative sentiments towards Israel. Also, it became a security liability and hurt Israel's international reputation.
Mr. Daniel Taub (Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Mr. Taub discusses Israel's human rights record and the different standards that exist towards Israel because it is a democratic, open society with free press. He argues that there is an important human rights dialogue that is occurring that we need to be a part of, but in a less hostile environment, with less biases.
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood (Johns Hopkins University)
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood who was elected as the United States representative at the United Nations Human Rights Committee discusses the inner workings of the committee and the biases and different standards that exist. As well as the difficulties that exist for enforcing the resolutions and standards created.
Prof. Irwin Cotler (MP Canada)
Prof. Cotler discusses the danger of state-sanctioned incitement to genocide, particularly the recent petition of the "danger of the genocidal and nuclear Iran". This identifies seven indicators of Iran's incitement to genocide and calls upon state parties to the Genocide Convention to act. He argues that the world's focus on the nuclear dimension has led to the ignorance of the genocidal dimension to Iran. Prof. Cotler also discusses how Israel is not receiving equality before international law.
Adv. Irit Kohn (Deputy President, InternationalJewishLawyers and Jurist Organization)
Adv. Kohn discusses the different standards that Israel is held to than the rest of the world in terms of public opinion and international law.

55:55

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of product...

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers. A second danger is behavioral discrimination. Here, companies track and profile consumers to get them to buy goods at the highest price they are willing to pay. The rise of super-platforms and their “frenemy” relationship with independent app developers raises a third danger. By controlling key platforms (such as the operating system of smartphones), data-driven monopolies dictate the flow of personal data and determine who gets to exploit potential buyers.
VirtualCompetition raises timely questions. To what extent does the “invisible hand” still hold sway? In markets continually manipulated by bots and algorithms, is competitive pricing an illusion? Can our current laws protect consumers? The changing market reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being.
About Maurice
Professor Stucke brought 13 years of litigation experience when he joined the UT College of Law faculty in 2007. As a trial attorney at the U.S.Department of Justice, AntitrustDivision, he successfully challenged anticompetitive mergers and restraints in numerous industries, and focused on policy issues involving antitrust and the media. As a SpecialAssistantU.S. Attorney, he prosecuted a variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses, including running a weekly docket before the HonorableThomas Rawles Jones, Jr. As an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, Professor Stucke assisted in defending Goldman Sachs, CS First Boston, and Microsoft in civil antitrust litigation. The Legal Aid Society presented him two awards for his criminal appellate and defense work.
Since coming to UT, Professor Stucke has been a prolific legal scholar. His scholarship re-examines much of the conventional wisdom in competition policy in light of the empirical findings from behavioral economics and psychology. In re-evaluating the goals and assumptions of competition law, he seeks to provide policymakers with a more empirical approach to competition policy. Professor Stucke’s scholarship, which has been cited by the U.S. federal courts, the OECD, the United Nations, competition agencies and policymakers, is already impacting competition policy. He was invited by the OECD and competition authorities from the European Union, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United States, and United Kingdom to discuss his research, and has been invited to present his research at over 60 conferences in Australia, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.
Professor Stucke serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Antitrust Institute, an independent Washington, D.C.-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization devoted to competition policy. Professor Stucke chaired a committee on the media industry that drafted a transition report for the incoming Obama administration. In 2009, Professor Stucke was elected as a member to the AcademicSociety for Competition Law, appointed to the advisory board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and was asked to serve as one of the United States’ non-governmental advisors to the International Competition Network, the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement and whose members represent national and multinational governmental competition authorities in over 100 jurisdictions.
He has co-authored two books, Big Data and Competition Policy (Oxford University Press 2016) and Virtual Competition (Harvard University Press 2016), which has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, New York Review of Books, Harvard Business Review, and Wired.
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55:55

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of product...

Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking exposé, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi invite us to take a harder look at today’s app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better.
Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws prevent companies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly monitor competitors’ prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. So what is seemingly beneficial—increased price transparency—ironically can end up harming consumers. A second danger is behavioral discrimination. Here, companies track and profile consumers to get them to buy goods at the highest price they are willing to pay. The rise of super-platforms and their “frenemy” relationship with independent app developers raises a third danger. By controlling key platforms (such as the operating system of smartphones), data-driven monopolies dictate the flow of personal data and determine who gets to exploit potential buyers.
VirtualCompetition raises timely questions. To what extent does the “invisible hand” still hold sway? In markets continually manipulated by bots and algorithms, is competitive pricing an illusion? Can our current laws protect consumers? The changing market reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being.
About Maurice
Professor Stucke brought 13 years of litigation experience when he joined the UT College of Law faculty in 2007. As a trial attorney at the U.S.Department of Justice, AntitrustDivision, he successfully challenged anticompetitive mergers and restraints in numerous industries, and focused on policy issues involving antitrust and the media. As a SpecialAssistantU.S. Attorney, he prosecuted a variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses, including running a weekly docket before the HonorableThomas Rawles Jones, Jr. As an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, Professor Stucke assisted in defending Goldman Sachs, CS First Boston, and Microsoft in civil antitrust litigation. The Legal Aid Society presented him two awards for his criminal appellate and defense work.
Since coming to UT, Professor Stucke has been a prolific legal scholar. His scholarship re-examines much of the conventional wisdom in competition policy in light of the empirical findings from behavioral economics and psychology. In re-evaluating the goals and assumptions of competition law, he seeks to provide policymakers with a more empirical approach to competition policy. Professor Stucke’s scholarship, which has been cited by the U.S. federal courts, the OECD, the United Nations, competition agencies and policymakers, is already impacting competition policy. He was invited by the OECD and competition authorities from the European Union, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United States, and United Kingdom to discuss his research, and has been invited to present his research at over 60 conferences in Australia, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.
Professor Stucke serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Antitrust Institute, an independent Washington, D.C.-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization devoted to competition policy. Professor Stucke chaired a committee on the media industry that drafted a transition report for the incoming Obama administration. In 2009, Professor Stucke was elected as a member to the AcademicSociety for Competition Law, appointed to the advisory board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and was asked to serve as one of the United States’ non-governmental advisors to the International Competition Network, the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement and whose members represent national and multinational governmental competition authorities in over 100 jurisdictions.
He has co-authored two books, Big Data and Competition Policy (Oxford University Press 2016) and Virtual Competition (Harvard University Press 2016), which has been featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, New York Review of Books, Harvard Business Review, and Wired.
More info on this event here:
https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheons/2017/03/Stucke

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Will a US vote change the internet as we know it? | The Stream

A fight over the internet in the United States is reaching a fever pitch as the Federal Communications Commission votes this week on whether or not to roll back Obama-era regulations that protect net neutrality - the principle that everyone has the right to freely use the internet without interference from corporations.
There’s little debate about net neutrality itself. Almost everyone agrees with the principle on merit, but not everyone agrees with the best way to protect it.
Opponents of the current rules say they cripple innovation and limit the ability to improve internet infrastructure. Those in favour of the regulations say scrapping them would give too much control over the internet to the government and big corporations, which could hurt already marginalised communities.
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Conversation About Innovations in Monitoring Population Health

On May 9, 2017, NYSHealth held a panel discussion with experts whose groundbreaking method...

Microeconomics - Chapter 15: Monopoly and Antitrust Policy

Barriers high enough to create monopoly can be due to: (1) government blocking the entry of more than one firm into a market; (2) one firm having control over a necessary resource; (3) the existence of network externalities in supplying the good or service; (4) economies of scale so large that one firm has a natural monopoly.
We have considered how markets form in response to many factors, but really it comes down to companies selling products that people want and need to buy. If the product is carrots and just about anyone can grow them and loads of people want to buy them, then you have a perfectly competitive market like we saw in the farmer’s markets.

1:29:44

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Roundtable Discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime

Date: December 10, 2008
NGO Monitor's Annual Conference in conjunction with Bar-Ilan and Global Law Forum (JCPA)
"60 Years Since the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention: Evaluating the Record"
Roundtable discussion: The Effectiveness of the International Human Rights Regime (includes introductions by each speaker and a Q&A discussion period at the end of the presentations)
Speakers:
Mrs.Jessica Montell (B'Tselem)
Mrs. Montell discusses the role that B'Tselem has played in terms of Israel advocacy, but also in investigating Israel's human rights abuses. In particular, the separation barrier and the policy of punitive house demolitions which was revoked in 2005, due to its lack of effectiveness, which actually increased negative sentiments towards Israel. Also, it became a security liability and hurt Israel's international reputation.
Mr. Daniel Taub (Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Mr. Taub discusses Israel's human rights record and the different standards that exist towards Israel because it is a democratic, open society with free press. He argues that there is an important human rights dialogue that is occurring that we need to be a part of, but in a less hostile environment, with less biases.
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood (Johns Hopkins University)
Prof. Ruth Wedgewood who was elected as the United States representative at the United Nations Human Rights Committee discusses the inner workings of the committee and the biases and different standards that exist. As well as the difficulties that exist for enforcing the resolutions and standards created.
Prof. Irwin Cotler (MP Canada)
Prof. Cotler discusses the danger of state-sanctioned incitement to genocide, particularly the recent petition of the "danger of the genocidal and nuclear Iran". This identifies seven indicators of Iran's incitement to genocide and calls upon state parties to the Genocide Convention to act. He argues that the world's focus on the nuclear dimension has led to the ignorance of the genocidal dimension to Iran. Prof. Cotler also discusses how Israel is not receiving equality before international law.
Adv. Irit Kohn (Deputy President, InternationalJewishLawyers and Jurist Organization)
Adv. Kohn discusses the different standards that Israel is held to than the rest of the world in terms of public opinion and international law.

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